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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon valnoxy

Improve Thermals?

Open AwlsomeAlex opened this issue 2 years ago • 11 comments

Amazing project btw, helped me solve a bunch of issues including Airport Wi-Fi. I used a different EFI repo before this one and noticed that it ran significantly cooler than this one. Is there something done there that could be applied here to result in better thermals? Where with that one the device would be lukewarm or not at all, this one is noticeably warm.

AwlsomeAlex avatar Jul 23 '21 05:07 AwlsomeAlex

Hey, thanks for your feedback! I released Version 1.5.1. Does the issue still exist in this version?

valnoxy avatar Jul 25 '21 00:07 valnoxy

Even in version 1.4.0, the system always ran toasty. To give you a perspective, running the Intel Power Gadget tool will always run a CPU average of 55 degrees celsius, even when it is idle.

Screen Shot 2021-07-26 at 10 49 27 PM

Edit: I am currently on EFI version 1.5.1 Heliport running macOS Big Sur 11.4

tabledrop avatar Jul 27 '21 03:07 tabledrop

I am having the same issue, thermals are worse compared to Windows or Linux.

melihcoban avatar Aug 01 '21 13:08 melihcoban

Could you try version 1.5.2 and tell me if the problem still occurs?

valnoxy avatar Aug 15 '21 15:08 valnoxy

I tried it, and it still occurs, in my case the thermals are the same as the image but the heat seems to be concentrated in the HDD section/palmrest

narvikd avatar Aug 22 '21 12:08 narvikd

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I don't think T440p reactors explode, but it would be good if they could use the full fan power.

narvikd avatar Aug 22 '21 15:08 narvikd

I have found a temporal solution, you can control manually the fans without a problem using https://github.com/zhen-zen/YogaSMC 's app. YogaSMC is already include in the kexts, you only need to install the APP and the panel config.

narvikd avatar Aug 22 '21 16:08 narvikd

Even in version 1.4.0, the system always ran toasty. To give you a perspective, running the Intel Power Gadget tool will always run a CPU average of 55 degrees celsius, even when it is idle.

Screen Shot 2021-07-26 at 10 49 27 PM

Edit: I am currently on EFI version 1.5.1 Heliport running macOS Big Sur 11.4

what processor are you using? I am using i7-4810MQ and can't keep my processor temp under 70 deg c.

karnadii avatar Sep 17 '21 12:09 karnadii

what processor are you using? I am using i7-4810MQ and can't keep my processor temp under 70 deg c.

I am using an i5-4210M so that's probably why my temperatures are lower than yours.

tabledrop avatar Oct 12 '21 21:10 tabledrop

I have your latest EFI for Big Sur working. My only issue is the fan is constantly running for literally any task such as opening any browser or just checking email. It's very noisy and runs hot compared to my Mojave Clover setup. Have you been able to improve the thermals? Any idea what is causing it ?

BanannaFannaFoFax avatar Nov 08 '21 17:11 BanannaFannaFoFax

is this issue still not solve? In my case, fan always run even in idle. temperature at 55-70c

ryadhiprasetya avatar Nov 17 '21 04:11 ryadhiprasetya